- WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT
- Police are treating the incident in Oldham, Greater Manchester, as a hate crime
- Three suspects are wanted by police, after a teenager threw the two missiles
- The hooded male then fled the scene with two others in a Vauxhall Corsa
- Officers condemned the ‘disgusting act’ against the ‘innocent family’
The throwing of a pig’s head through the window of an Asian family’s home is being treated as a hate crime by police.
A brick smashed the living-room window of the address in Chapel Lane, Oldham, with the pig’s head following the missile.
Police say the offender got out of the rear passenger seat of a Vauxhall Corsa, containing two other men, and then hurled both objects before he returned to the vehicle when then made off shortly before 10pm on Saturday.
The pig’s head was hurled through the living room window of an Asian family’s home in Oldham, Greater Manchester
The suspect is described as aged about 18 and wore a black hooded top that was pulled up over his head.
Detective Chief Inspector Chris Downey, from Oldham CID, said: ‘This was a disgusting act against an innocent family who have lived in this community for years and were enjoying being at home together on a quiet Saturday night.
Yobs smashed the window with a brick before hurling a pig’s head through the Asian family’s living room window
‘We are treating this appalling incident as a hate crime and are doing everything we can to find those responsible.
‘No-one should be made to feel scared in their own home.
‘The family were extremely shook up by this and we have been out to see them to offer assurance that we will do everything in our power to track the offenders down.’
Anyone with information should call 0161 856 8972 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.